General Assembly faces new challenges as the 2021 session gets underway
The General Assembly must ensure that any emergency funds address pandemic caused needs and do not expand or create new government programs.
The General Assembly must ensure that any emergency funds address pandemic caused needs and do not expand or create new government programs.
In addition to arguing against unwise Biden administration policies, North Carolina leaders should use the state tools they have at their disposal to promote entrepreneurship and job creation.
Ten months into the state's COVID-19 response, one type of alcohol-serving business remains closed.
Getting rid of the county pistol permit process that has a well documented racist history should be the first step by the General Assembly.
In the aftermath of the Great Recession, we learned it was both unfair and dangerous to let bankers take big risks backed by promises of bailouts. That same lesson applies to state and local politicians.
A simple conversation with a neighbor about school options could transform their child’s life.
Looking into January, state legislative sessions will begin across the nation. For many states, a critical focus point will be on the emergency powers those states’ governments have exercised in the wake of COVID-19. North Carolina is no exception. Gov. Roy Cooper’s COVID…
Politics should never be so central to our lives that we feel justified in muzzling the opposition.
North Carolina’s vaccination pace is low by national standards. As of January 18, our state had administered only 33% of doses received — the second-lowest rate in the U.S.
She is tiny in frame, only 4 feet, 8 inches tall, but Sherry-Lynn Womack, a Lee County School board member who is starting her second term, is standing tall against a liberal driven backlash for exercising her First Amendment rights. Womack attended the Jan. 6, 2021 Trump rally…